2012 Kentucky Derby (G1)

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Date/Track:
5/5/2012, Churchill Downs
Post Time:
6:24 PM ET
Distance:
1 1/4 m (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
2:01.83
*Rank is current Power Ranking among all active horses, based on highest HRN rating. Rating is based on HRN member voting.
FinSilksHorse / SireRatingTrainer / JockeyLast Start / Next StartHRN
1st I'll Have Another
Flower Alley
8.42
D. O'Neill
M. Gutierrez
1st, 2012 Preakness (G1) View Video
Jun 9 - Belmont Stakes (G1)
12-1
2nd Bodemeister
Empire Maker
8.20
B. Baffert
M. Smith
2nd, 2012 Preakness (G1) View Video
Jul 29 - Haskell (G1)
4-1
3rd Dullahan
Even the Score
7.97
D. Romans
K. Desormeaux
3rd, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
Jun 9 - Belmont Stakes (G1)
8-1
4th Went The Day Well
Proud Citizen
7.74
H. Motion
J. Velazquez
10th, 2012 Preakness (G1) View Video
 
20-1
5th Creative Cause
Giant's Causeway
7.94
M. Harrington
J. Rosario
3rd, 2012 Preakness (G1) View Video
Jul 4 - Swaps (G2)
12-1
6th Liaison
Indian Charlie
7.41
B. Baffert
M. Garcia
6th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
Jun 2 - Californian (G2)
50-1
7th Union Rags
Dixie Union
7.94
M. Matz
J. Leparoux
7th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
Jun 9 - Belmont Stakes (G1)
9-2
8th Rousing Sermon
Lucky Pulpit
7.49
J. Hollendorfer
J. Lezcano
8th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
 
50-1
9th Hansen
Tapit
7.94
M. Maker
R. Dominguez
9th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
Jun 9 - Woody Stephens (G2)
10-1
10th Daddy Nose Best
Scat Daddy
7.57
S. Asmussen
J. Leparoux
9th, 2012 Preakness (G1) View Video
 
15-1
11th Optimizer
English Channel
7.40
D. Lukas
C. Nakatani
6th, 2012 Preakness (G1) View Video
Jun 9 - Belmont Stakes (G1)
50-1
12th Alpha
Bernardini
7.77
K. McLaughlin
R. Maragh
12th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
Jun 9 - Belmont Stakes (G1)
15-1
13th El Padrino
Pulpit
7.64
T. Pletcher
R. Bejarano
13th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
 
20-1
14th Done Talking
Broken Vow
7.34
H. Smith
S. Russell
7th, 2012 James W. Murphy (LS)
 
50-1
15th Sabercat
Bluegrass Cat
7.43
S. Asmussen
C. Nakatani
15th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
 
30-1
16th Gemologist
Tiznow
7.65
T. Pletcher
J. Castellano
16th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
 
6-1
17th Trinniberg
Teuflesberg
7.64
B. Parboo
W. Martinez
17th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
Jun 9 - Woody Stephens (G2)
50-1
18th Prospective
Malibu Moon
7.17Trending Down
M. Casse
L. Contreras
18th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
 
30-1
19th Take Charge Indy
A. P. Indy
7.66
P. Byrne
C. Borel
19th, 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) View Video
 
15-1
20th Daddy Long Legs
Scat Daddy
7.63
A. O'Brien
C. O'Donoghue
4th, 2012 Irish 2000 Guineas (G1)
 
30-1

What the Nation is saying about the 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1)...

In any given year, there are thousands of Thoroughbreds born in Central Kentucky. Out of them, some will win allowance and claiming races, some others will win stakes races and a few others will win graded stakes races. However, only one will win the Kentucky Derby.Read More
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  • barnabas.collinschnad · She's a beauty. Look at that dappling! · 23 hours ago ·
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  • michele.minoc · She's definitely a beauty! I'm surprised there isn't talk of trying for another I'll Have Another! Like that hasn't been written yet! :) · 5 hours ago ·
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In order to win the Triple Crown, I'll Have Another should look to Shackleford for some pointers on what it takes to win.Read More
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  • Floridaf · I do have a lot of love for Shackleford, Mary Z., but it's hard not to fall in love with him once you meet him. He is a horse that demands both your attention and your admiration. I think you make a very good point about how those of us that have never witnessed a TC are the ones clamoring for one the most. It would be almost another 10 years after Affirmed's TC before I was born, so all I have seen have been the near misses. Icy, you do not have to agree with me all the time. You are not the only one that thinks I may be reaching a bit when I say Shack could be a good mentor for IHA. It's simply my opinion. Bode will be dangerous at a mile, and IHA stands a really good chance of winning the TC, with or without spending some time with Shack. · 19 hours ago ·
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  • jmcleav · I adore Shackleford, but I think he will no longer get a break in the weights. · 18 hours ago ·
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Just how good a race was the Preakness? Judge for yourself ...Read More
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  • PhredSmith · even though brian is absolutely right, i was hoping the positive comments would have stopped by now. cmon urags and dullahan supporters speak out. need IHA to go off at 3/1. · 2 days ago ·
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  • peggy.lindsay2 · Thank you Brian for your putting things into perspective. Goosebumps, me too!! · 2 days ago ·
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Anyone know if Mike Shutty's super screener picked any winners this year. I havent seen him advertise that it cashed any tickets this year, so Im guessing it didnt.
Can I'll Have Another do it? One man's mindless ramblings on anything and everything that could go wrong...Read More
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  • shredder · At this point I H A is heads above the rest, even with a belmont loss this horse should still be respected. · 5 days ago ·
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  • shredder · I am a big rags fan & still will be regardless who wins. If I H A beats rags I will just have to nod I H A is a better horse, but will still love them both. · 5 days ago ·
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Many were not around for the last Triple Crown winner, or did not follow the sport as recently as 2008. For them, I'll Have Another represents their first Triple Crown experience.Read More
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  • Dressage3295 · My grandfather saw eight triple crown winners in his life time. To witness even half that amount would be incredible. · 6 days ago ·
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  • LongLiveBigRed · Great piece, Angela. It brought me back to the spring and summer of 1973 when I wass a 20 year old college dropout, unemployed for much of the year, watching the big chestnut colt from Meadow Stable tear through his first races as a 3yo. Then the unthinkable: defeat at the Wood Memorial, to his stablemate AngleLight, and the SA derby champion, the great Sham. The rumors started swirling: what was wrong with Secretariat? Nothing, as it turned out. I think the Wood was to Big Red what the 1985 Bears' only loss in Miami was; a wakeup cal. The Bears ripped through the rest of the season, and so did Secretariat. Still one of the greatest years any athlete has ever had. And I was hooked on horse racing. · 6 days ago ·
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One thing that is for sure, is that if I’ll Have Another does not get the respect he deserves going into the 2012 Belmont, should he win, taking the Triple Crown, he should go down as one of the most respected Triple Crown winners in the history of the series.Read More
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  • lynn.nely · I have respect for all the horses in the world. Think they are the greatest animal on this earth. I respect I'll Have Another although my pick was Bode. I do hope that we have a triple crown winner and expect that we will. He has the speed and the stimula to do it. This has been in the making for a very long time and I am looking so forwarded in seeing history being made again. Good Luch I'll Have Another in you races and becoming the new Triple Crown Winner. · 9 days ago ·
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  • Capper · I think its pretty cool that he's never been favored in any of his races, but yet he's going for the triple crown. · 6 days ago ·
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“No kidding around ... I have not had a case of Triple Crown Fever this bad since 1989.” Read More
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  • icyhotboo · I think IHA is a much better horse than any of the others and the added distance of the Belmont will suit him best of all. · 7 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · "Velazquez picks up mount on Union Rags" lethal combination. This is a definite threat. · 7 days ago ·
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On the heels of their Preakness celebration, the I’ll Have Another team arrived at Belmont Park Sunday still on cloud nine, after the decision to get the the Triple Crown candidate to Belmont as quickly as possible.Read More
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  • Capper · He wouldn't be retired (unless injured) until the end of the year since the breeding season is over. · 8 days ago ·
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  • bossgw · there is going to be alot of ,heartbroke fans because Union Rags will smoke big sandy and win the Belmont · 7 days ago ·
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How many Kentucky Derby glasses do you own?Read More
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  • showtime502 · i got a mint 1964 program if ya want it email me · 30 days ago ·
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  • RonMicetic · Have all the Derby glasses from the 1940 aluminum to present except for the bakelites. Derby programs from 1921 on. · 8 days ago ·
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A gorgeous photo slideshow of I'll Have Another, from his earliest races to his epic wins in the Derby and Preakness!Read More
Thrust from relative anonymity to the national spotlight with a victory aboard I’ll Have Another in last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, Mario Gutierrez has not only kept his ego in check, he’s thoroughly enjoying the whirlwind ride.Read More
  • karen.m.davis.31 · I just love this guy...he also sends money to his family in Mexico · 10 days ago ·
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  • Buckpasser · The way he rides IHA reminds of the great Shoemaker. Same quiet riding style. Same personality as the Shoe. Watching him in the Preakness as like watching Forego in the Cup · 10 days ago ·
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I am sad to hear Tom Durkin will no longer call the Triple Crown races. As my biggest idol and inspritation I will miss his calls, no one got my blood hotter and the race more exciting.
Have I’ll Have Another and Bodemeister begun a beautiful rivalry?Read More
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  • icyhotboo · IHA, can't get off after two big scores with him. Should get 3/1-7/2. That's a lot for this one. If CC gets a decent trip he wouldn't surprise me, had a hard dreby trip but he's one of the three contenders along with Bodemeister. These three are so far superior to the rest but IHA is my selection to win. · 11 days ago ·
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  • ruffian75 · Floridaf: Another threesome could be Silver Charm, Captain Bodgit, and Free House. Or, a HOF threesome: Bold Ruler, Round Table, and Gallant Man. · 11 days ago ·
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Is the Preakness becoming the new Kentucky Derby? As blasphemous and confusing at that question may sound...Read More
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  • notobsessed · baffert would have had a press release if bode was injured · 13 days ago ·
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  • notobsessed · oh Mr. TerryDickens, why do you say bode has a bruised foot? · 13 days ago ·
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What does it take to win America's most prestigious race? Ride along with Mario Gutierrez to find out...Read More
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  • saratoga john · Having watched the race several times since Derby Day, Guiterrez made two key moves with I'll Have Another. Both occurred at the top of the stretch. One, was at the start, and the other move at the turn for home. The first was getting him out of that 2nd gate to a wide-open space through the stretch so he could relax the horse through the clubhouse turn. The second, was pretty remarkable since this was Guiterrez' first time in a race of this magnitude. It was the key move as they spun off the turn at the 1/4 pole. Drifting out in the middle of the track with Went the Day Well & Dullahan to his outside, the key move was sliding him back inside to make his run at Bodemeister. The closers were still commited the the 7 & 8 paths and stayed out there to launch, but it was too late. Guiterrez was already gone and taking a bead on the game Bodemeister. Bodemeisters' ability to burn those fractions and still be running at the end was quite impressive. That's why I'm taking Bodemeister in the shorter Preakness. · 14 days ago ·
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  • themillbraecount · Cozzetti should rally from off the pace to win the Preakness, followed by Creative Cause, Daddy Nose Best, and Bodemeister! · 13 days ago ·
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From a pedigree and running style standpoint, I’ll Have Another may be a Triple Crown Champion waiting to happen.Read More
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  • Secretariatlvr73 · with PrinceQuillo among other huge name am sure it wont be a catastrophe.........time for a new Triple Crown Winner.......wonder if he got PrinceQuillo's large heart? · 15 days ago ·
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  • TampaBayDowns Fan · I doubt it. And if he does get hte Preakness, the Belmont will truly be a test to see what he is made of. · 15 days ago ·
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Have we already forgotten who won the Kentucky Derby, and the fact that he is perfect so far in 2012?Read More
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  • Secretariatlvr73 · he reminds me of Secretariat when he came from behind................one can only hope!I name does stand out in his pedigree........PrinceQuillo......same one with Secretariat. · 15 days ago ·
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  • buckpasser · There are many horses even some of the great ones that just didn't get recognition. assault was one who wasnt even the favorite for his tc sweep. I like I'll have Another and CC as well · 15 days ago ·
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Winner scored a 112 cocoa.
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  • buckpasser · AnnaK. Your description is quite apt. Yes I am a repository of a lot information, much of it useless I am afraid · 17 days ago ·
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  • TampaBayDowns Fan · I doubt its completely useless. Go on Jeopardy see how you do. · 17 days ago ·
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Recent media exposure on the “issues” in the sport of racing have caused a ripple effect, both in the executive offices of tracks across America, and on the backstretches of those tracks.Read More
  • buckpasser · I enjoyed your article very much. But I think one of the problems for fall off the day after is that there is so much hype to the Derby that to have a race day after that type of event is a waste of time. After all do they play an extra game the day after the world series or the NBA or NHL finals, no they don't. I think what might be more productive to the track is to turn Derby into a week long set of events at the various tracks and not race the day after. Take a leaf out of the harness people's book as they celebrate Jug week or Hambletonian day · 18 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · At least we are seeing upswings on these big days. Nice gains at Mth opening day today, too! · 17 days ago ·
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